EU Leaders Mark 82nd Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, Renew 2026-2030 Anti-Racism Push
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Updated · Mirage News · Aug 1
EU Leaders Mark 82nd Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, Renew 2026-2030 Anti-Racism Push
3 articles · Updated · Mirage News · Aug 1
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EU leaders said 2 August marks the 82nd anniversary of the 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau murder of 4,300 Roma and Sinti, using the memorial day to renew a pledge that the genocide will not be forgotten.
The statement said more than 500,000 Roma were killed in the Holocaust—at least a quarter of Europe’s Roma population at the time—and argued that fading survivor testimony makes remembrance and education more urgent.
Brussels tied that memory to present-day policy, saying antigypsyism still drives inequality, exclusion, systemic discrimination and violence across Europe.
The European Commission pointed to its Roma Strategic Framework 2020-2030 and the newly adopted Anti-Racism Strategy 2026-2030, which treats antigypsyism as a distinct and severe form of racism requiring dedicated action.